I know some people have speculated that it's related to how much you've spent on the PSN Store. That's easier to track, anyway. So if you're only buying physical games I guess that wouldn't matter...

That could be. Although I've been on PS+ forever and I THOUGHT I had bought a good amount of stuff, but maybe not in comparison to others. I COULD HAVE USED THIS TO BUY SOMETHING CHRONO CROSS FOR MY VITA

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Friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn't matter, but work is third.

I don't care about social features, but I doubt they're mandatory. And there actually is some stuff in there that looks pretty cool. I could see myself actually using some of the spectator features.

Instant game trials (play as it's downloading) is pure win. Suspend mode is something I've been wanting on a console for a long time (obviously handhelds do it). The background downloading stuff isn't sexy, but it does sound useful.

Edit: Oh yeah, actually building remote play into the system and enabling it for all games by default is awesome news. The promise of streaming to any device is also pretty damn cool, but it sounds like that might still be a ways off.